Fun and progressive things in the world of Speech Pathology: The Speech Pathology Australia National Conference in May. They’ve even put the Conference Dinner on the last night to keep us there til the end! The LINCS speech pathology project – looking at best service delivery models for High Schoolers with language impairment. Hoping to [...]
There are so many language goals you can target by simply playing with milk arrowroots, icing, food colours and some lollies. I tend to have the kids requesting the items them want into order to make the iced biscuits of their dreams. Practising question forms, descriptions, listening skills, clear speech, and sequencing (you know, so [...]
Teaching position concepts this afternoon, by standing with stamps and ink pads one large sheets of butchers paper. Me, the kids, and the parents wound up rather inky. Oh dear. Let’s hope they learned something!
So many good things come from stalking. You make friends, you win bags, and you get the thrill of tracking someone down :p Jen and her little (and rapidly growing) boy were some of my first “Real” clients as a “real” speech pathologist. Aren’t they lucky getting me as a new grad? ;) Pop-up pirate [...]
Meet the Stars of The Terrible Plop: I think the highlights from today’s Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards today in Canberra were the readings and talks… Not everything went according to plan, but it’s rare that things do! :) I honestly do not remember much of the ceremony, as I was on [...]
Well, this has certainly crept up on us! At the end of last year, the ACT branch of Speech Pathology Australia was asked to host the 2009 book of the year awards. We of course said yes, good to have an event to start organising for! And the day is here! How did that happen? [...]
Finally took myself to a doctor, came out with a prescription for yet anoher variation on penicillin – this time it comes in pink and red capsules. Awesome. I was also talked into having another day off from work tomorrow by the GP. PS Happy Speech Pathology Week! Just because I keep trying to lose [...]
Every time I work with Catholic schools, I always face the dillemma of working towards getting my clients to best access the curriculum. I have that challenge with all kids, but it gets that one step trickier when the curriculum includes Religion. And not just religion as an exploration of the concepts of religion, but [...]
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